Railway-spike.



G. W. JONES &"R. R. GORDON.

RAILWAY SPIKE.

. APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1912. r 1,059,875. Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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RAILWAY SPIKE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1912,

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CHARLES JONES AND ROBERT R. GORDON, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

. RAILWAY-SPIKE.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W'. J ones and ROBERT R. Gonoon, citizens of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of l-lenrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Spikes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway spikes.

It is one aim of the invention to provide a spike which may be driven into the tic upon which the rail is supported so as to directly engage the base flange of the rail or'so as to engage in the notches usually found at the sides of the ordinary rail chair, and which will in the first instance firmly hold'the rails against spreading and in-the latter instance will, in addition to'so holding them, prevent creeping of the rails.

'therails.

Another aim of the invention is to so constructthe spike that when driven into a tie,

upon which the rail to be held is supported, it"will be' firmly forced against the base flange of the rail, thereby rigidly securing thesamein place.

"A further aim of the invention is to provide a spike, the shank of which is formed with laterally projecting wings 'which, ,iivhen embedded in the tie, prevent the shank working laterally through the fiber of the tie when lateral pressure is exerted against For a full understanding of the invention reference is -to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, inwh1ch:

"Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form (if spike embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 ,is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is aside elevation of a slightly modified form of spike. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of another. form of spike. Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 8 is asection in front elevation of a slightly modified form of spike. Fig. 9 isa rear elevation of this form. Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig.

8 illustrating a further modification. Fig.

11 is a side elevation illustrating a still further IDOdlfiCfltlOn. Fig. 12is a horizontal sectional view on the line, 12- 12 of F ig. 9.

[Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying dra.\\-'

ing by the same reference characters.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 9, 1912. Serial No. 689,530.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

In the accompanying drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the shank of the spike which is oppositely beveled as at 2 to form v the usual entering point.

The head of the spike is indicated by the numeral 3 and as illustrated in the drawing is convexed from side to side and from end to end. The head projects beyond opposite sides of the spike as at 4 and 5 and the portion 4 has its under side inclined downwardly in the direction of the said shank as indicated at 6, at the proper angle to engage over the base flange of a 'rail which the spike is to secnre.

Theshank of the-spike is formed upon its side faces with laterally projecting vertically extending wings 7 and it will be observed by referring to Fig. 1.of the drawing, that these wings are relatively thin, being of a thickness slightly less than onehalf the width of-the face upon which they are formed. The forward faces of the wings lie in the same vertical plane as does that side of the shank which the portion4 of the head 3 overhangs, and the rear faces of the wings lie in planes parallel-to the planes occupied by the -forward faces'thereof, the 1 said forward faces at the lower ends of the wings being beveled to form. faces 8 which are inclined downwardly and rearwardly from the forward faces of the wings to the plane occupied by the rear faces thereof. By thus forming the lower ends 1 of the wings, an entering'edge 9 is provided. [By referring to the said Fig. 1 of-th'e drawing, it will beobserved that that faceof the shank of the spike which is located opposite the face which the portion 4 of the head of the spike overhangs is bulged throughout its upper end portion asat l0 and the upper end of its bulged portion is formed with a rearwardly projecting lug 11 of the same width as the shank. -This lug 11 ertends beneath the port-ion 5 of the head of the. spike and at its rear end terminates short of the rear end of the said portion It willbe noted that the under side of the portion 5 From the foregoing description (if-this l'ornrot' the invention it will-be understood that -\\'hen the spike is to coiiperate directly with the base flange of a rail 1t 1s driven into the tie upon which the rail is supported,

' with its head portion 4 presented toward the side of said rail. As the spike is driven into place the wings 7 will enter the tie and will firmly bear at their faces which are, flush with the corresponding face of the spike shank, against the edge of the base flange of .the rail. Thesewings, it will be readily understood, serve to firmly hold the spike i againstbeing forced laterally through the tie when lateral pressure is exerted against the rail secured thereby, in addition to affording a muchwider bearing surface'between thes ike and rail base flange than would be a orded by the spike shankitself.

It will further be apparent that due to the provision of the bulged portion 10, as the spike is driven into place it will be forced in t e direction of the rail to be secured and furthermore, due to the bevel 8 at the lower .end -of each of the wings, the tendency will be .for thelower end of the shank of the -s'p1ke to move away from the rail, so that the portion 4 of'the head of-the spike will be forced firmly down upon the side of the said base flange. Whenfthe spike is to secure'a rail chair and rail seated therein, it

is driven into the tie with its other side presented toward the said rail and chair, and

it .will be understood "that the lug 11 will enterthe notches usually formed-in the rail 4 chair and by suchen'gagement securely hold the rails seated in the chair against of having its end and under faces located in planes at right angles to each other, is ex-. tended downwardly along the rear face of creeping. I

T e orm of spike sho'wnin Figs. 4 and 5- is'identical with that shown of the drawin in'the first t ree figures, except that the bulge 10is omitted and the lug 11 instead the shank of the spike and has its opposite sides beveled as at 13 and located in synclinal planes. By so locating the beveled sides of the lug, a sharp curved edge 14 is provided at the lower end of the said lug and the lug at the said lower end is designed to enter-the t-ie .as the spike is' driven into 7 place. It will be understood that the beveled portions 13 and the curved edge 14: of this In perform thesame function as does the bu d portionlO in the first described form of spike, in addition to holding the spike against lateral displacement in the tie.

The spike shown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawing is identical with that shown in the first three figures of the drawing, except that the wings 7 have their rear faces trans- I versely convexed as indicated at 15. By so forming the wings, they are provided each with a sharp lateral edge 16, which cuts through the fiber of the tie as the spike is driveninto place.

The spike-shown in Figs. and 9 of the drawin comprises a shank 17 and a head 18, the sai shank and head being substantially of the form shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, except that the rear si e of the shank is gradually inclined outwardly and upwardly,

provided with the as at 19 and is not shoulder 11. The shank lsformed upon each side with laterally projecting wings 20 which correspond in location to the wings 7', previously described, and each of these Wings is formed upon itsforward face with a channel 21 and uponits rear-face with a channel 22. The channels 2l and 22 of each wing are correspondingly located and all of the channels extend vertically and in parallel relation. It will 'be observed by referring to Fig. 8 of the drawing that the lower ends of the channel 21 merge into the beveled faces of the wings,-whereas the channels 22 in the rear sides of the wings extend to an extreme lower edge thereof.

The spike shown in. Fig. 10- of the drawing is formed'in its forward face with grooves 24 which extend upwardly in di-' vergin .lineswithrespect to each: other and have t eir lower ends terminating substantially at the upper ends of the bevels of the wings which in this'figure are indicated by the numeral 25. The upper and outer ends of the channels terminate at the lateral edges thereof and substantially ata points co-incident withthe under side head ofthesike. Theorm of'spike shown in Fi s; 8 and 9 has the forward and rear sides of its shank 17 .formed with transverse'notches 26 and 27' respectively, and the rear side of the shank of the spike shown. in Fi 10 indicated by the numeral 28, is forms with transversely extending notches 29. By forming the channels in the faces of the wings 20 and 25, in the two forms. of the ike above described, the spike is more Emlyheld when driven into the tie, by reason of the fact that the fiber of the tie will sink into the said channels, and particularly is this true of the spike shown in Fig. 10.

The spike shown in Fig. 11 is substantially identical with the one shown in Figs.

8 and 9 except that the wings thereof are not-providedwith the channels 21 and 22 and the shank of this spike is indicated by upwardly and outwardly from a V 2. A spike comprising a shank and a head, and wings projecting laterally from each side'of the shank, the saidwings being formed in their opposite faces. with channels terminating short of the upper edges of the wings.

3. A spike comprising a shank and a head, the shank beingfornied upon opposite sides with laterally projecting wings and the said Wings being formed-1n correspondi ing faces with grooves, the said grooves ex:

tending at anan'gle with respect to each other and'opening at their upper ends at the I edges of the wings.

{L A spike comprising a shank having a head, the head of the, shankbeing formed upon opposite sides with laterally project ing Wings and the said wings being formed with upwardly and outwardly inclined grooves opening at their upper ends at the edges of the wings,

5. A spike comprising a shankhaving a head and formed upon opposite sides with laterally projecting wings, the lower ends of the wings being beveled to form entoring edges and one face of each wing being formed with an upwardly and outwardly inclined channel" terminating at its lower end substantially at the upper end of the adjacent beVcl' and having 1ts upper end opening at the lateral edge of the'respeo tive wing.

6. A spike comprising a shank having a head, the head having oppositely downwardly inclined under surfaces, and the said shank projecting downwardly from one of the said surfaces and offset with relation to the other surface, the shank being provided with laterally. projecting wings ex-' tending downwardly from the under side inner face 46 of the head at the line of juncture 6f the 

